Global Patent Index - EP 1368918 A2

EP 1368918 A2 20031210 - METHOD FOR REDUCING THE OUT-OF-BAND EMISSION IN AM TRANSMITTERS FOR DIGITAL TRANSMISSION

Title (en)

METHOD FOR REDUCING THE OUT-OF-BAND EMISSION IN AM TRANSMITTERS FOR DIGITAL TRANSMISSION

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUR VERRINGERUNG DER AUSSERBANDSTRAHLUNG BEI AM-SENDERN FÜR DIGITALE ÜBERTRAGUNG

Title (fr)

PROCEDE POUR REDUIRE L'EMISSION HORS BANDE DANS DES EMETTEURS A MODULATION D'AMPLITUDE AFIN DE REALISER UNE TRANSMISSION NUMERIQUE

Publication

EP 1368918 A2 20031210 (DE)

Application

EP 02710014 A 20020117

Priority

  • DE 10112025 A 20010306
  • EP 0200431 W 20020117

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO02071663A2] The problem associated with digital transmission using existing AM transmitters is that the out-of-band emission that occurs must be reduced in order to comply with the ITU mask, as the shoulder distances that can be achieved by the AM transmitters are not sufficient for a satisfactory compensation. The signals that are required to control the AM transmitters, (amplitude signal and phase-modulated RF signal), are formed from the digital modulation signal by a Cartesian } polar transformation, whereby the bandwidth for the amplitude signal and RF signal reaches a value, which causes an unacceptable out-of-band emission. To prevent this, the invention provides methods for digital modulation, which avoid the zero point by a wide margin in their vector diagram representations, i.e. which form a "hole" around the 0/0 point. Modulation methods of this type are referred to as offset modulations and coded modulations. A variant of 16APSK is particularly suitable, as a higher net data throughput can be achieved with only 16 set points and negligible error protection coding is required. To transmit an OFDM signal, the "hole" in the vector diagram is obtained by offsetting the zero crossings for the I(t) and Q(t) signals and the latter is achieved by the insertion of a pulse into the subsequent component, e.g. I(t), if the other component Q(t) already falls short of a defined threshold value. A BPSK test sequence for measuring the radio channel can be used by means a modification, in which a modulation signal is formed by inserting a pulse between two pulses with a change of sign bit, said modulation signal having a "hole" around the 0/0 point. The size of the hole can be adjusted by the inserted pulse.

IPC 1-7

H04H 1/00; H04L 27/34

IPC 8 full level

H04L 27/34 (2006.01); H04H 20/46 (2008.01); H04H 20/49 (2008.01); H04J 11/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H04H 20/46 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 27/3405 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 02071663A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 02071663 A2 20020912; WO 02071663 A3 20031002; CN 1568591 A 20050119; DE 10112025 A1 20020919; EP 1368918 A2 20031210; EP 1368918 B1 20150318; JP 2004519177 A 20040624; US 2003108112 A1 20030612; US 7248639 B2 20070724

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 0200431 W 20020117; CN 02800506 A 20020117; DE 10112025 A 20010306; EP 02710014 A 20020117; JP 2002570453 A 20020117; US 27542402 A 20021105